The long and the short of it...

We all know (or should know) you can't use song lyrics of your current favorite tune from the radio in your novels. However, you can use the artist's name and the song title. The questions today are when do you italicize, when do you use quotation marks, and when do you use roman (normal) typeface?

Today, we're going to look at a simple way to remember when to use italics and when to use quotations. We're going to give you the long and the short of it. Really. The way to remember is by thinking LONG Works and SHORT Works.